שָׂרַי (sa.ray) means “Sarai” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: saw-rah'-ee Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
שָׂרַי · sa.ray · Sarai
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Terah (H8646); sister of: Abraham (H0085), Nahor (H5152H) and Haran (H2039); married to Abraham (H0085); mother of: Isaac (H3327); also called Sarai at Gen.11.29,30,31; 12.5,11,17; 16.1,2,3,5,6,8; 17.15; Another name of sa.rah (שָׂרָה "Sarah" H8283) § Sarai = "princess" original name of Sarah the wife of Abram or Abraham
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from H8269 (שַׂר); dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham
KJV glosses: Sarai.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sarai | 9 |
| of sarai | 2 |
| then sarai | 2 |
| as for sarai | 1 |
| but sarai | 1 |
| so sarai | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sarai | 5 |
| and sarai | 4 |
| unto sarai | 2 |
| and when sarai | 1 |
| as for sarai | 1 |
| but sarai | 1 |
| now sarai | 1 |
| of sarai | 1 |
| sarais | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 13 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.
Read word by wordBut Sarai was barren; she had no children.
Read word by wordAnd Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
Read word by wordAnd Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
Read word by wordAs he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,
Read word by wordThe LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.
Read word by wordNow Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
Read word by wordSo Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
Read word by wordSo after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
Read word by wordThen Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
Read word by word“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
Read word by word“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
Read word by wordThen God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
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